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  • How the judiciary paved the way for the current spate of slum demolitions in Delhi
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    How the judiciary paved the way for the current spate of slum demolitions in Delhi

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    ‘Failures for having dreamed of a united India’: Diplomat KM Panikkar anticipated Partition in 1941

  • Rajkummar Rao on playing a gangster in ‘Maalik’: ‘He is driven by the quest for power’
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    Rajkummar Rao on playing a gangster in ‘Maalik’: ‘He is driven by the quest for power’

  • How Poonch residents took on godi media for defaming a Muslim cleric killed in shelling by Pakistan
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    How Poonch residents took on godi media for defaming a Muslim cleric killed in shelling by Pakistan

  • ‘Incorrect’ that India lost Rafale ‘jets’ during Operation Sindoor, says defence secretary
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    ‘Incorrect’ that India lost Rafale ‘jets’ during Operation Sindoor, says defence secretary

  • Sunday book pick: ‘The Catcher in the Rye’ by JD Salinger, a novel I have read 11 times
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    Sunday book pick: ‘The Catcher in the Rye’ by JD Salinger, a novel I have read 11 times

  • For Jane Austen and her heroines, walking was more than a pastime – it was a form of resistance
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    For Jane Austen and her heroines, walking was more than a pastime – it was a form of resistance

  • In photographs: Rebirth at the water’s edge – a journey into India’s stepwells
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    In photographs: Rebirth at the water’s edge – a journey into India’s stepwells

  • ‘Volcano’: Eunice de Souza’s poems invite deeper reflections despite their seemingly light surfaces
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    ‘Volcano’: Eunice de Souza’s poems invite deeper reflections despite their seemingly light surfaces

  • Watch: Ranveer Singh plays a super-spy in Aditya Dhar’s 1970s-set thriller ‘Dhurandhar’
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    Watch: Ranveer Singh plays a super-spy in Aditya Dhar’s 1970s-set thriller ‘Dhurandhar’

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Watch: Scenes of destruction as landslides and floods sweep through northeast Brazil

Landslides and floods caused by heavy rains have killed nearly 50 and displaced thousands.

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May 30, 2022 · 01:09 pm
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Floods, river overflows, massive floods and multiple landslides. The situation in Recife is very serious because of the rain. #Brazil #flood #flooding #floods #HeavyRains #tormenta #rainfall #alluvione #lluvias #lluvia #chuvas #aluvión #banjir #enchete #inundaciones #weather pic.twitter.com/JgFkOXbVcJ

— BRAVE SPIRIT (@Brave_spirit81) May 28, 2022

BREAKING 🇧🇷 : At least 44 people dead and 56 others missing in Brazil's unprecedented flood and landslide

♦️The death toll today has risen to 44 after a massive flood and landslide reported in many parts of Brazil.#Brazil #Pernambuco pic.twitter.com/EPLVZpBV2c

— Zaid Ahmd  (@realzaidzayn) May 29, 2022

Pernambuco has already confirmed at least 35 deaths from floods and landslides. Brazil #flood #flooding #floods #HeavyRains #tormenta #rainfall #alluvione #lluvias #lluvia #chuvas #aluvión #banjir #enchete #inundaciones pic.twitter.com/Zkyb1ljOgT

— BRAVE SPIRIT (@Brave_spirit81) May 29, 2022

🚨 FLASH FLOODS IN RECIFE, BRAZIL 🇧🇷 Streets turn to rivers in Pernambuco May 23rd pic.twitter.com/NtZzF2cyGW

— #كابتن_غازي_عبداللطيف (@CaptainGhazi) May 24, 2022
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  1. How the judiciary paved the way for the current spate of slum demolitions in Delhi

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